Milestone Documents of World Religions examines the key sacred texts and foundational documents of the world's primary religions, from ancient times to the present, providing researchers with a fresh perspective on how critical religious texts have influenced both the past and the present.

Table of Contents

• CONTRIBUTORS
• INTRODUCTION
• PUBLISHER'S NOTE
• VOLUME 1: 2404 BCE-200 CE
• PYRAMID TEXTS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• HYMNS TO INANA: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• “INSTRUCTIONS OF PTAHHOTEP”: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• “HYMN TO THE NILE”: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• HYMN OF THE RIGHTEOUS SUFFERER: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• RIG VEDA: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• EGYPTIAN BOOK OF THE DEAD: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• ENUMA ELISH: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• EXODUS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• GENESIS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• “GREAT HYMN TO THE ATEN”: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• “EPIC OF GILGAMESH”: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• I SAMUEL: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THEOGONY: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THE NOBLE EIGHTFOLD PATH: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• JAIN SUTRAS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• UPANISHADS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THE ANALECTS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• DEUTERONOMY: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• RAMAYANA: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• ORPHIC TABLETS AND HYMNS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• DAO DE JING: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• BOOK OF ENOCH: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• CANON OF FILIAL PIETY: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• “HYMN TO ZEUS”: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• HAN FEIZI: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• BHAGAVAD GITA: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• BOOK OF RITES: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• LAWS OF MANU: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• PSEUDO-SIBYLLINE ORACLES: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• LOTUS SUTRA: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• ON THE NATURE OF THINGS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• LETTER OF PAUL TO THE GALATIANS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• GOSPEL OF THOMAS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• REVELATION: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• “LETTER TO FLORA”: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• PIRKE AVOT: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• SEFER YETZIRAH: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• VOLUME 2: 240-1570 CE
• MANI'S EVANGELIUM: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• HEART SUTRA: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• POPOL VUH: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• NICENE CREED: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• “ATBUDHA DANCE”: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THE CITY OF GOD: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THE CELESTIAL HIERARCHY: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• BOOK OF THE CAVE OF TREASURES: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• EMERALD TABLET: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• QUR'AN: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• BODHICARYAVATARA: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THE VOYAGE OF BRAN: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• NIHONGI: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• SAHIH AL-BUKHARI: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• USUL AL-KAFI: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• YENGISHIKI: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• VISHNU PURANA: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• MISHNEH TORAH: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• BOOK OF THE BEE: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THE MECCAN ILLUMINATIONS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• SNORRA EDDA: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• “CANTICLE OF THE CREATURES”: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• SUMMA THEOLOGIAE: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• GZI-BRJID: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• MOHAWK THANKSGIVING ADDRESS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• MALLEUS MALEFICARUM: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• NINETY-FIVE THESES: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THE KEY OF SOLOMON THE KING: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• CONCERNING THE NATURE OF THINGS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• RIG VEDA AMERICANUS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• CANONS AND DECREES OF THE COUNCIL OF TRENT: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THE LIFE OF ST. TERESA OF JESUS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• SHULCHAN ARUKH: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• VOLUME 3: 1604–2002 CE
• RAAG GOND: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• FAMA FRATERNITATIS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• WESTMINSTER CONFESSION: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• KUMULIPO: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• “SONG OF MEDITATION”: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• “THE GREAT DUTY OF FAMILY-RELIGION”: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• “SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD”: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• “THE HOLY EPISTLE”: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• INVITATION TO THE NEW CHURCH: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THE MAGUS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• SERMON ON MORMON GOVERNANCE: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• PERSIAN BAYAN: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• KITAB AL-JILWAH: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THE SPIRITS’ BOOK: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THE GREAT CONTROVERSY: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• KITAB-I-AQDAS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• PITTSBURGH PLATFORM: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THE SECRET DOCTRINE: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• “ESSENTIAL TRUTHS”: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THEOSOPHY: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• “THE PHILOSOPHY OF ATHEISM”: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• HOLY PIBY: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• HUMANIST MANIFESTO: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• DISCOURSES: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• BOOK OF SHADOWS: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• VATICAN II: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• ISLAMIC GOVERNMENT: GOVERNANCE OF THE JURIST: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• YORUBA PRAISE POEM TO SANGO: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• ZHUAN FALUN: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• THE SACRED CLUSTER: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• CALLING HUMANITY: DOCUMENT ANALYSIS
• LIST OF DOCUMENTS BY RELIGIOUS TRADITION